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other place on this massive site. This is our SITE MAP. Be sure you know
how to use them . It will save you a lot of time and make the site much
more efficient for you to use. It will also guide you to resources you
may have overlooked even if you have used the site for many years. Subject
links on the left and Township links on the right.

"Chinese" Proverb - The person who says it cannot be done should not
interrupt the person doing it
Enemies of truth.-- Convictions are more dangerous enemies
of truth than lies. from Nietzsche's Human, all too Human, s.483, R.J.
Hollingdale transl.
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does
knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who
so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by
science." Charles Darwin
Gutenberg
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The Veteran Historical Society is working on a "Name Quilt"
project. This quilt will contain 144 blocks. This quilt will
be hung in the town hall, at the Veteran Grange and be entered in the Chemung
County Fair in the Fall of 2010. This is to ensure everyone gets
a chance to see it. Each block will contain the name (s) of Town
of Veteran residents - past or present. Cost for each block is $10.00.
The family information will be printed on material using a computer program
specifically designed for material. The ink is permanent and will
be treated so it does not run. The colors for the quilt are an off
white for the blocks bordered with a green leaf design. Order forms
are available from society members or at the town hall in the historians
office. There is a supply of forms on top of the file cabinet in
front of our printer. The forms are self explanatory and you can
even include the address where your family was established in the town
if you wish. Some of the society members are visiting their neighbors
to see if they are interested as well. Today a group of members
cut out the material and the border. The deadline for placing
orders is April 1, 2010. This has been published in the Elmira
Star Gazette, the Easy Shopper and the Broader View Weekly. If you
should need further information or have any questions please let us know.
If you want to mail your order form it can be mailed to the societies address:
Town of Veteran Historical Society
P.O. Box 134
Millport, New York 14864
*There are photos of actual blocks and how the finished ones will look
on our website: www.townofveteranhistoricalsociety.com

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since the site began in 1996. We are finding many violations of this, whole
pages copied and pasted with no source citation or permission.These violations
are usually from people who have never bothered to thank us or donate to
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anywhere in the world. There is no advantage to posting it on sites where
people have to pay to see our free gift. It separates us from the people
we help and diminshes the returns we get in exchange for our own projects.
I have already had to curtail publishing many pictures I intended to. They
show up without my name on them all over the place. They are not public
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PICO search engine expanded to cover 18,000 pages since we have
exceeded our 17,000 page limit. Also extended for six months from March
17 to September 17. Charge is $784. Donations
page is here. Some of you have already given before I asked - Thanks.
Thanks, Joyce
Donations coming in SLOWLY.
Charge is FAR from covered.

Historic county maps that may interest you are
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bradford_1911.pdf
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bradford_1941_Sheet_1.pdf

and
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Tioga_1915.pdf
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Tioga_1941_Sheet_1.pdf

From http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRHistoricCountyMaps

Route numbers changed often and alignments shifted as the Department
upgraded roads, and these maps help verify locations of schools, churches,
etc.

Enjoy,

Matt Hamel, Regional Historian
PennDOT Districts 2-0, 3-0 & 4-0

Joyce,

I also remembered an additional source of historic maps that would also
include NY: http://historical.mytopo.com/

For example, here’s a 1902 map showing Lawrence Twp. in Tioga County
and others south: